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Nokia 6820i User Guide 25 Copyright © 2004 Nokia
Text entry
Traditional text input
Press a number key 1–9, repeatedly until the desired character appears. The characters
available depend on the language selected in the Phone language menu.
To insert a number while in letter mode, press and hold the desired number key.
• If the next letter you want is located on the same key as the present one, wait until the
cursor appears, or move the joystick to the right and key in the letter.
• To access the most common punctuation marks and special characters, press
*.
Tips for writing text
The following functions may also be available for writing text in predictive or traditional input:
• To insert a space, press 0.
• To move the cursor to the right, left, up or down, use the joystick.
• To delete a character from the display, select Clear. Press and hold Clear to delete the
characters more quickly.
To delete all the characters simultaneously when writing a message, select Options >
Clear text.
• To insert a word that is not in the dictionary when using predictive text input, select
Options > Insert word. Write the word using traditional text input, and select Save.
The word is also added to the dictionary.
• To insert a special character when using traditional text input, press
*. When using
predictive text input, press and hold
*, or select Options > Insert symbol.
Move the cursor with the joystick to a character, and select Use.
• You can also scroll to a character by pressing 2, 4, 6, and 8; and press 5.
The following options are available when writing text messages:
• To insert a phone number while in letter mode, select Options > Insert number. Key in
the number, or select Find to search for it in Contacts. When done, select OK.
• To insert a name from Contacts, select Options > Insert contact. To insert a phone
number or a text item attached to the contact name, select Options > View details.